	Nettlesworth Colliery	Index	Nettlesworth Colliery

Nettlesworth Colliery

(See also Nettlesworth Drift)

Location:	Edmondsley 5 miles [8 km] NNW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ241495, 54° 50' 23" N, 1° 37' 29" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:	27 Sep 1974
Owners:	1850s - George Elliott & Johasshon
	1860s - Sir George Elliot, Bart. & William Hunter
	1890s - Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1873 - Coal.
	1888 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal for Colliery consumption.
	1900 - Coal for Colliery consumption.
	1902 - Coal for Colliery consumption.
	1905 - Coal for Collery consumption.
	1910 - Coal for Colliery consumption.
	1915 - Coal for Colliery consumption.
Employment:	1854 - 0 [Working]
	1883 - 233
	1894 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface)
	1900 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface) [Pumping station]
	1902 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface) [Pumping Station]
	1905 - 0 [Pumping station]
	1910 - 0 [Pumping station]
	1915 - 2 [Pumping station]
	1921 - 1 [Pumping Station]
	1923 - 1 [Pumping station]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Brass Thill [Pumping station]
	1910 - Brass Thill [Pumping station]
	1915 - Brass Thill [Pumping station]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Nettlesworth Colliery
Notes:	1840 - Boring operations were in progress at Nettlesworth.
	1861 - Nettlesworth new pit sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam.
	1894 - Five Quarter, Main, Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned - coal exhausted

Description

The Nettlesworth and Kimblesworth collieries are carried on by the above firm [Messrs. Hunter and Elliott], the former in Plawsworth township, and the latter in that of Kimblesworth. Here are worked the "Five Quarters," 3 ft. at 14 fathoms, at Nettlesworth ; "Main Coal," 3 to 4 ft. at 26 fathoms , at Nettlesworth, and worked by a drift at Kimblesworth ; "Low Main," 2 to 3ft., 54 fathoms, at Nettlesworth, and about 26 at Kimblesworth ; "Hutton," from 2 ft. 4 in. to 3 ft. 6 in., at 66 fathoms, Nettlesworth, and 38 at Kimblesworth. The Busty is not yet won at these pits. The average daily output is 400 tons per Nettlesworth, and 1000 tons at Kimblesworth, and the numbers employed are 250 and 600 respectively. The coal, which is principally shipped at Tyne Dock, is known in the market by the name of "West Leverson Wallsend."

The Kimblesworth Colliery School was erected at the sole expense of the above named gentlemen in 1878, at the cost of about £520, and enlarged in 1884 at the further cost of £591. It is a good stone building, capable of accomodating 520, and the present average attendance is nearly 500.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Bainbridge, John, 10 Feb 1864, aged 27, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing a jud
						Cuthbert, W. R., 20 Dec 1890, (accident: Jun 1889), aged 20, Blacksmith, died from internal sprains alleged to have been received while lifting a large metal pipe in June 1889
						Dawson, Thomas, 10 Apr 1863, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Dawson, William, 09 Feb 1887, aged 13, Driver, fall of stone at end of broken jud, deceased left his work at the flat and went inbye where he had no business
						Dickinson, Hugh, 15 Nov 1864, aged 30, Hewer, killed by tub falling down shaft upon him [More information ...]
						Dooley, P., 16 Feb 1891, aged 62, Screenman, died from erysipelas in the leg caused by an old poisoned wound alleged to have been caused at his work; not a colliery accident
						Hall, Thomas, 03 Sep 1861, aged 23, killed by a fall of stone
						Johnson, Robert, 09 May 1889, aged 13, Driver, died from natural causes while driving a horse along the main rolleyway; this boy was very unhealthy
						McKenna, Edward, 16 Jun 1891, 3:45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 40, Deputy, killed by a large fall of stone while drawing out a broken jud
						Proctor, John, 28 May 1879, aged 17, Onsetter, while descending shaft he appears to have put his head out of the cage to look for the landing, and was caught between the cage hoop and timber and killed
						Swinbank, Richard, 28 Jan 1858, Stone Worker, killed by a fall of stone

						11 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
10 May 1856	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Nettlesworth Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Nettlesworth Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

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